In June, the two utilities settled their differences over the 330-megawatt Cross-Sound Cable that runs between Shoreham and New Haven.

"The moratorium applies to all future projects - those that had not been started - and we don't feel it applies to Cross-Sound Cable," Ms. Bowlby said.

IT took the worst power outage in the nation and a federal government order to turn on the controversial Cross-Sound Cable.

Like a giant extension cord, the Cross-Sound Cable can deliver up to 330 megawatts of electricity from as far away as Canada, enough to light up about 300,000 homes and help stem another emergency.

"I'd like him to take an aggressive role helping us keep the Cross-Sound Cable on."

Mr. Abraham ordered the Cross-Sound Cable to begin transmitting power at 12:01 a.m. Monday and to continue to do so until the power emergency in the Northeast abates.

It is a relatively straight ride for the 330-megawatt Cross-Sound Cable, but the journey to get it into the water and up and running has been a tangled one.

"Cross-Sound Cable Is Debated Anew" [Aug. 24] reminded me of the observation that a conservative is a liberal who was mugged.

He led the fight to block the Cross-Sound Cable, objecting to a 740-foot section that was not buried to the full depth that had been planned, because of bedrock.

The Jan. 13 article "Cross-Sound Cable Takes Step Forward" refers incorrectly to the Long Island Power Authority's 10 new turbine generator plants as "peaking" units.